Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Fortuna, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fortuna who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily 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. Nevertheless, someone beginning 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 many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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