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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Thorp who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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