Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Glenns Ferry, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Glenns Ferry who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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