Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Maiden Rock, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Maiden Rock who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients 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 people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize 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 some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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