Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Chandler Heights, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Chandler Heights who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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