Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Lakebay, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Lakebay who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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