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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Groveland who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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