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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Perks who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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