Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Mountain Pass, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Mountain Pass who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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