Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Ethel, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Ethel who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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