Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Wallace, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Wallace who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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