Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Oracle, AZ.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Oracle who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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