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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Greenbush who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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