Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Inchelium, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Inchelium who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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