Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Jamestown, NM.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Jamestown who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to 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 and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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