Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Rocklin, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Rocklin who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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