Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Maywood Park, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Maywood Park who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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