Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Denver, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Denver who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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