Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Mellen, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mellen who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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