Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Gila Bend, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Gila Bend who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know 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 many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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