Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Camp Pendleton, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Camp Pendleton who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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