Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - West Des Moines, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in West Des Moines who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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