Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Alpha, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Alpha who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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