Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Alamosa, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Alamosa who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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