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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Brayton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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