Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Greenleaf, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Greenleaf who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type 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 seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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