Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Randolph, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Randolph who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

For All Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers In Randolph, Click Here.