Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Lakemoor, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lakemoor who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same 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 on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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