Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Walnut, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Walnut who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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