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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Laurel who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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