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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Imnaha who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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