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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Onalaska who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.
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