Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - North Rim, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in North Rim who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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