Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Moyie Springs, ID.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Moyie Springs who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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