Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Buxton, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Buxton who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

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

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