Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Bunker Hill, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Bunker Hill who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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