Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Tamaroa, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Tamaroa who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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