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

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

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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