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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sigourney who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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