Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Union City, CA.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Union City who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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