Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Cahone, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Cahone who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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