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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Paloma who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis 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 need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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