Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Newport, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Newport who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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