Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Days Creek, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Days Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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