Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Evansville, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Evansville who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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