Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Fairfield, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Fairfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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