Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Sunol, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sunol who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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