Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Holbrook, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Holbrook who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals 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 symptoms. Similar to 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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