Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Reedsville, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Reedsville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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