Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Waverly, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Waverly who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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