Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Imperial Beach, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Imperial Beach who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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