Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Fieldon, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Fieldon who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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