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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Cathlamet who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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