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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Whiteside who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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