Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Crystal, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Crystal who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers 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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