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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Potlatch who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know 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 will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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