Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Nebo, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Nebo who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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