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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Riley who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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