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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Meadview who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since 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 neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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