Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Washta, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Washta who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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