Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Buckhorn, NM.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Buckhorn who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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