Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Fort Madison, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Fort Madison who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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