Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Blythe, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Blythe who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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