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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Yelm who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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