Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Lake Powell, UT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Lake Powell who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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