Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Elmwood, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Elmwood who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on 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 certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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