Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Prairie Du Chien, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Prairie Du Chien 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 idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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