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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Mackinaw who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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