Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Nice, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Nice who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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