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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Kennan who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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