Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Elkport, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Elkport who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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