Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Chapin, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Chapin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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