Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Rutland, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Rutland who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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