Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Algona, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Algona who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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