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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Columbia who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.
Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.
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