Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Melrose, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Melrose who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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