Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Silver Creek, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Silver Creek who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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