Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Seal Beach, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Seal Beach who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging 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 because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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