Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Hobbs, NM.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Hobbs who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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