Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - London Mills, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in London Mills 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 idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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