Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Maynard, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Maynard who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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