Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Desert Hot Springs, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Desert Hot Springs who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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