Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Mesa Verde National Park, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Mesa Verde National Park who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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