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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Quartzsite who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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