Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Alta Vista, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Alta Vista who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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