Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - North Prairie, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in North Prairie who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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