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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Plover who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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