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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Marcola who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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