Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Schiller Park, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Schiller Park who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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