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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Trona who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates 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. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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