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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Lonerock who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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