Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Independence, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Independence who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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