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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Cleghorn who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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