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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Hay who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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