Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Crockett, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Crockett who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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