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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Greenacres who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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