Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Bismarck, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Bismarck who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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