Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Homewood, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Homewood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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