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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Greene who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact 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 accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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