Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Spooner, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Spooner who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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