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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Windsor who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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