Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Causey, NM.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Causey who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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