Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Midlothian, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Midlothian who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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