Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Frederick, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Frederick who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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