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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Tridell who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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