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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Westside who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused 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 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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