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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Sonoma who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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