Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Ogden, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ogden who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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