Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Shellsburg, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Shellsburg who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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