Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Hannibal, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hannibal who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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