Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Medinah, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Medinah who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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