Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Orick, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Orick who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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