Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Claytonville, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Claytonville who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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