Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Mountain Home A F B, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Mountain Home A F B who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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