Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Niagara, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Niagara who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea 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 symptoms. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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