Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Borrego Springs, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Borrego Springs who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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