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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Titonka who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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