Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sequoia National Park, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Sequoia National Park who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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