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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Redfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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