Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Tabor, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Tabor who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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