Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Chesterfield, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Chesterfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved 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 stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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