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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Lee who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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