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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Oconto who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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