Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Dundee, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Dundee who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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