Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Percival, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Percival who are dependent on 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 seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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