Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - New Boston, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in New Boston who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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