Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Wauconda, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Wauconda who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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