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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Quilcene who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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