Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Sioux Rapids, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Sioux Rapids who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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