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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Hilbert who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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