Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Lynnwood, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Lynnwood who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same 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.

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

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