Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Niantic, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Niantic who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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