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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Gresham who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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