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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hustisford who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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