Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Dolton, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Dolton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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