Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Lake City, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Lake City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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