Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Shawneetown, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Shawneetown who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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