Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Mud Lake, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Mud Lake who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior 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 stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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