Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Rowland Heights, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Rowland Heights who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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