Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Karbers Ridge, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Karbers Ridge who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. 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 abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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