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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Otis who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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