Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Laurens, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Laurens who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since 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 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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