Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Fort Huachuca, AZ.

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

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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