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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Ina who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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