Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Oconee, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Oconee who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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