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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Redvale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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