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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Irrigon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far 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 since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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