Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - St. Libory, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in St. Libory who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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