Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Scandinavia, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Scandinavia who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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