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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Calhan who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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