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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Capron who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven 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 and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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