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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hamburg who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact 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 facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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