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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Clifton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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