Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Mosca, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Mosca who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors 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.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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