Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Arlington, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Arlington who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers offering this service in Arlington, WA

• Island Crossing Counseling Services
  360-652-9640 x1028
  21123 Smokey Point Boulevard
  Arlington, WA. 98223
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Methadone Maintenance
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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