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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Reasnor who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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