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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Watkins who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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