Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Tangent, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Tangent who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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