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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Muskego who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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