Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Carnation, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Carnation who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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