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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Norwalk who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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