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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Westgate who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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