Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Hampton, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hampton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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