Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Freeman Spur, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Freeman Spur who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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