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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Tillamook who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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