Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Woodstock, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Woodstock who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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