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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Fiddletown who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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