Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Patoka, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Patoka who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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