Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Crest Hill, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Crest Hill who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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