Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Rigby, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Rigby who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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