Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Gold Hill, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Gold Hill who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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