Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Cobb, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Cobb who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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