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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Salem who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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