Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Hillsboro, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hillsboro who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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