Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Swisshome, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Swisshome who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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