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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Langley who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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