Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Mountain Home, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Mountain Home who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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