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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Hamilton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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