Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Schofield, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Schofield who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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