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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Mabton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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