Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Nutrioso, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Nutrioso who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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