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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Union who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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