Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Star Prairie, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Star Prairie who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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