Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Capulin, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Capulin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. 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 can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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