Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Rockland, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Rockland who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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