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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Weston who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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