Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Sherrill, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Sherrill who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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