Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Grand Rapids, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Grand Rapids who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities offering this service in Grand Rapids, MI

• Cherry Street Health Services
  616-965-8390
  2303 Kalamazoo Avenue SE
  Grand Rapids, MI. 49507
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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