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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Payson who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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