Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Burt, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Burt who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled 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 difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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