Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - East Hazel Crest, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in East Hazel Crest who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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