Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Magna, UT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Magna who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

For All Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers In Magna, Click Here.