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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Morley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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