Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Vernon, CO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Vernon who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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