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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Firestone who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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