Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Bay Center, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Bay Center who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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