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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Salmon who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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