Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Lacon, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Lacon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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