Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Elkville, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Elkville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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