Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Booneville, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Booneville who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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