Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Bridgeport, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Bridgeport who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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