Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Deer Harbor, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Deer Harbor who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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