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

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

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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