Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Ipava, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ipava who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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