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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Kooskia who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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