Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Irwindale, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Irwindale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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