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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Shipman who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior 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 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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