Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Steamboat Springs, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Steamboat Springs who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates 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 therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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