Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Goodfield, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Goodfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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