Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Port Ludlow, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Port Ludlow who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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