Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Peterson, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Peterson who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using 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 which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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