Methadone Detox Treatment Programs
Methadone Detox and Treatment for Addiction
Methadone detox is treatment for methadone addiction. Methadone detox treatment is a gradual process. Methadone takes longer to detox from than other opiates. Due to the constant monitoring a person requires in methadone detox programs, methadone detox treatment should take place within a methadone detox unit inside of a drug rehab. Twenty-four hour nursing and medical supervision is highly suggested. The detox program should be managed by a physician familiar with addiction medicine. Many who suffer from methadone addiction require drug rehab and inpatient addiction treatment in addition to the medical monitoring that is required for methadone detox. The transition and continuity of care is critical and so it is recommended that a person should transfer directly from a methadone detox program located right inside the drug rehab facility.
Methadone Detox Does Not Have to Be a Way of Life for Former Heroin Addicts!
Many people go from being addicted to heroin to being addicted to methadone and continue to be caught up in this "treatment" for years because they fear the methadone withdrawal that will occur when they stop. Methadone withdrawal symptoms include but are not limited to: sneezing, yawning, tearing of eyes, runny nose, excessive perspiration, fever, dilated pupils, abdominal cramps, nausea, body aches, tremors and irritability.
Methadone detox is extremely difficult, since the drug’s effects are long-lasting and methadone is readily stored in the body's tissue but Stepping Stone's methadone detox treatment programs have the ability to help in even the worst cases of methadone addiction. Methadone does not have to be the way of life for former heroin addicts. Gradual cessation from the methadone in methadone detox programs, followed by a drug addiction treatment program could be the answer for many methadone addicts. After several days of stabilizing a patient with methadone, the amount can be gradually decreased. The rate at which the amount of methadone is decreased is dependent upon the methadone withdrawal symptoms experienced by the patient experiencing methadone detox.
Methadone: Its Properties and How Addictions are Formed
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Methadone: A synthetic painkiller with pharmacological properties similar to morphine and heroin.
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Prescribed for patients with severe pain, such as those with serious injuries or those who have undergone major surgery
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Methadone works in the brain to decrease the sensation of pain and to mute the emotional response to pain.
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Methadone is a (synthetic opiate) narcotic that when administered once a day, orally, in adequate doses, can usually suppress a heroin addict's craving and withdrawal for 24 hours.
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Available as tablets, dispersible tablets, liquid, and liquid concentrate, methadone is generally taken every 3-4 hours for severe pain and every 6-8 hours for chronic pain.
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Unlike the immediate high from many opiates, methadone’s narcotic effect is delayed, which makes it extremely dangerous and easy for methadone addiction to occur.
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Methadone is also used as a replacement therapy for opiate addiction.
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Patients are as physically dependent on methadone as they were to heroin or other opiates, such as Oxycotin or Vicodin.
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Ironically, methadone used to control narcotic addiction or opiate addiction is frequently encountered on the illicit market and has been associated with a number of methadone overdose deaths.
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Tolerance and addiction to methadone is a dangerous threat, as methadone withdrawal results from the cessation of use.
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Sadly, many people suffering from heroin addiction have claimed that the horrors of heroin addiction withdrawal were far less painful and difficult than methadone withdrawal.
If you would like additional information about methadone detox treatment programs or admission to Stepping Stone's methadone rehab program or methadone detox, please call 1-800-237-3150.
