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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Skokie who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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