Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Strasburg, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Strasburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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