Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Eckert, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Eckert who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since 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. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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