Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Marylhurst, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Marylhurst who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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