Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Egg Harbor, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Egg Harbor 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 concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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