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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Wardner who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking 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 other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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