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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Parnell who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused 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 and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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