Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Williamson, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Williamson who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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