Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Depue, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Depue who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement 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 can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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