Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Oldtown, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Oldtown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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