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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Minturn who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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