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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Hereford who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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