Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Downing, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Downing who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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