Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Burlington, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Burlington who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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