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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Wellton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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