Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Little Cedar, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Little Cedar who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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