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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in New Windsor who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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