Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Western Springs, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Western Springs who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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