Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Usaf Academy, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Usaf Academy who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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