Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Avondale, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Avondale 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 idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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