Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Cropsey, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Cropsey who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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