Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Hardy, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Hardy who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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