Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Paoli, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Paoli who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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