Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Mc Lean, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Mc Lean who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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