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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Yampa who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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