Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Wauconda, WA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Wauconda who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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