Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Orofino, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Orofino who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using 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 and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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