Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Armstrong, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Armstrong who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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