Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Elkhart, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Elkhart who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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