Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Forest City, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Forest City who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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