Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Oatman, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Oatman who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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