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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Palo who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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