Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Frankfort Heights, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Frankfort Heights who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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