Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - West Allis, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in West Allis who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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