Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Gordon, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Gordon who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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