Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Juneau, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Juneau who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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