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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Stuart who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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