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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Veneta who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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