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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Sumner who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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