Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Archer, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Archer who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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