Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Shaniko, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Shaniko 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 individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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