Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Hilmar, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hilmar who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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