Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Long Creek, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Long Creek who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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