Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Tahoe City, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Tahoe City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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