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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Camanche who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning 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 certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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