Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Logsden, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Logsden who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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