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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Breese who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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