Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Eckley, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Eckley who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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