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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Rathdrum who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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