Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Addieville, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Addieville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 effective as a substitute 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 people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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