Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Englewood, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Englewood who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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