Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Williams, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Williams who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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