Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Marble Rock, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Marble Rock who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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