Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Sherman, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sherman who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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