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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Nokomis who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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