Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Plummer, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Plummer who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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