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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Farragut who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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