Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Litchfield, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Litchfield who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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