Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Makaweli, HI.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Makaweli who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method 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 brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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