Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Berry Creek, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Berry Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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