Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Carbondale, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Carbondale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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