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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Oakland who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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