Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Marengo, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Marengo who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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