Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Rembrandt, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Rembrandt who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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