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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hospers who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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