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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Payson who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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