Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Caruthers, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Caruthers who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates 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 replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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