Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Cupertino, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Cupertino who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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