Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Elk Mound, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Elk Mound who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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