Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Elliott, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Elliott who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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