Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Gardner, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Gardner who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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