Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - St. Germain, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in St. Germain who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance 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. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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