Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Panorama Park, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Panorama Park who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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