Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Placerville, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Placerville who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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