Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Cheyenne Wells, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Cheyenne Wells who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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