Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Philomath, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Philomath who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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