Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Creston, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Creston who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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