Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Homer Glen, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Homer Glen who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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