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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Kensett who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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