Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Winterset, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Winterset who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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