Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Glenwood, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Glenwood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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