Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Granton, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Granton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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