Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Meredith, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Meredith who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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