Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Willey, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Willey who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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