Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - De Soto, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in De Soto who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers 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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