Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Du Bois, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Du Bois who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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