Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Frisco, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Frisco who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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