Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Pleasant Plains, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Pleasant Plains who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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