Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - De Kalb, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in De Kalb who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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