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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Elma who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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