Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Goodells, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Goodells who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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