Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Big Sur, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Big Sur who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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