Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Spragueville, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Spragueville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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