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Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Nespelem, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Nespelem who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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 other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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