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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Montgomery who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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