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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Riddle who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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