Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Seal Rock, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Seal Rock who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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