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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Cedar who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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