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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Carlinville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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