Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Herbster, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Herbster who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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