Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - University Center, MI.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in University Center who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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