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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Forreston who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox 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 will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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