Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Montreal, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Montreal who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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