Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Rifle, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Rifle who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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