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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Norridge who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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