Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Sheboygan Falls, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sheboygan Falls who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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