Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Lockport, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Lockport who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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