Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Rockwell City, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Rockwell City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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