Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Henderson, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Henderson who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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 other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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