Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Quimby, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Quimby who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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