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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Ozark who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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