Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Springdale, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Springdale who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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