Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Kerman, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Kerman who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which 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.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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