Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Osterdock, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Osterdock who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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