Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Spanaway, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Spanaway who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, 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 far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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