Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Rib Lake, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Rib Lake who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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