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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Maywood who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

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

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