Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Kimberly, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Kimberly who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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