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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Kennewick who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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