Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - New River, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in New River who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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