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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Bridgewater who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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