Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Macomb, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Macomb who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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