Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Snelling, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Snelling who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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