Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Elmer City, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Elmer City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on 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 neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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