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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Templeton who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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