Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Keithsburg, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Keithsburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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