Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Mount Pulaski, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mount Pulaski who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors 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 on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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