Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Castalia, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Castalia who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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