Find Methadone Treatment Near Zionsville IN
All methadone clinic programs must be certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). As of 2018, there were about 1,500 methadone clinics in the U.S., most of which were concentrated in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and California.
A methadone clinic is a facility where people seeking opioid addiction treatment can go to receive medication that will help them begin their journey to addiction recovery. Methadone clinics are more accurately called substance use disorder services clinics (SUDS) since they are also equipped to dispense naltrexone and Suboxone®. However, since methadone is the primary medication dispensed, the two terms have become synonymous to most people.
Methadone is an opioid agonist that works by attaching to the brain’s opioid receptors. It’s a synthetic opioid that activates opioid receptors slower than other opioids do, easing withdrawal symptoms without creating a euphoric feeling in people with an opioid use disorder. It also alters how the brain and nervous system react to pain, reducing the pain that people feel during opioid withdrawal. Methadone also blocks the effects of other opioids, discouraging people from using opioids to feel “high.”