Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Milton, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Milton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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