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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Webster who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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