Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Kingman, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Kingman who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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