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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Mondovi who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven 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 activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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