Methadone Chicago Clinics Can Help Those In Need

By Rena Hudson


Those who are addicted to heroin or other opiates can benefit from methadone Chicago clinics and others. There might be a lot of people out there who do not have the knowledge about how helpful and valuable this drug is to certain people, but that should never stop those who actually need the help from getting it. Sometimes it could mean the difference between life or death.

Those who are out there hooked on heroin are not the only people who can utilize the many benefits of methadone. It is a very strong opiate medication that has a half life much longer than all the rest. That means essentially that the amount of time it remains active in a person's body is longer than any other drug in its class.

Those who love them often try to help in various ways but unless the addict actually wants the help there is nothing anyone else can do. Sure, even in the most extreme of cases a person can be forced to detox and forced to get clean, as horrifying as that process might be. But they will go right back to their ways if left alone even for a minute.

This happens because they did not want to fix their problem. They have not reached the proverbial "rock bottom" yet. In many cases a person in this position must get to a point in which they have lost almost everything or everything before they will admit to themselves that they need help and that they want it.

Opiates are very strong drugs and among them methadone is one of if not the strongest. It has the longest lasting effects as well which is what has made it so valuable. Another aspect of the drug is that it does not give the user the euphoria or the rush that they would feel with the other drugs of the same class. This is why it is so useful for treating addictions.

People who seek long term pain relief or who are chronic pain sufferers sometimes can not get the relief they require from the standard opioid medications they have been using. Even the really strong ones like Oxycontin. The fact that this drug can last up to 24 hours is one that can help people in need of very long term pain control.

When people do not have the drug they crave, their body goes through a period of withdrawal. With heroin that withdrawal is very painful. Methadone can stop this and prevent it from happening at all. People worry that the addict will get "high" from it but they will not. It does not have that effect at all.

The various methadone Chicago clinics that are available can help those in need. Many of them are run by the state and as such those can be very busy, crowded, and hard to get a dose daily or even talk to a doctor sometimes. The private clinics are the way to go and if you can find one you would surely benefit from what they can offer.




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