Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Shandon, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Shandon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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