Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Randle, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Randle who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can 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 realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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