Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Camp Verde, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Camp Verde who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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