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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Brimfield who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know 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 will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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