Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Snowmass Village, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Snowmass Village who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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