Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Ellison Bay, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Ellison Bay who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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