Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Silverado, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Silverado who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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