Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Defiance, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Defiance who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing 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 stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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