Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Addy, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Addy who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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