Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Battle Creek, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Battle Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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