Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Milmine, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Milmine who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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