Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Opdyke, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Opdyke who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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