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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Galatia who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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