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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Caledonia who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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