Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Wyanet, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Wyanet who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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