Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - West Branch, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in West Branch who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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