Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Galva, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Galva who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers 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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