Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Deloit, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Deloit who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on 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 neurons 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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