Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Sac City, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sac City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis 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. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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