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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Winfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because 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. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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