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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Evart who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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