Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Linden, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Linden who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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