Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Armstrong, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Armstrong who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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