Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Ankeny, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Ankeny who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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