Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Trevor, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Trevor who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain 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 very high.

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