Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Pella, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Pella who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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