Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Fairfield, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Fairfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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