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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Aledo who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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