Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Davisburg, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Davisburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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