Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Gardiner, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Gardiner 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 wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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