Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Moravia, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Moravia who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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