Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Fort Lyon, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Fort Lyon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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