Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Grand Mound, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Grand Mound who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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