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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Ohlman who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities 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 and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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