Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Davis Creek, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Davis Creek who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered 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 successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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