Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hurley, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Hurley who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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