Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Xenia, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Xenia who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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