Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Johnsonville, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Johnsonville who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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