Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Honey Creek, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Honey Creek who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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