Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Clarkia, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Clarkia who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people 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 symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients 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 difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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