Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Mt Zion, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Mt Zion who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing 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 which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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