Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - West Salem, WI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in West Salem who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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