Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Nilwood, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Nilwood who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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