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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Kinderhook who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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