Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Dike, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Dike who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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