Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Crested Butte, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Crested Butte who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on 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 activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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