Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Higley, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Higley who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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