Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Orion, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Orion who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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