Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Ludlow, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Ludlow who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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