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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sterling who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.
People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.
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