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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Baldwin who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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