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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Christopher who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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