Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Smithton, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Smithton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful 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 may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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