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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Erie who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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