Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Swan Valley, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Swan Valley who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose 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 option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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