Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Spirit Lake, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Spirit Lake who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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