Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Gerlach, NV.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Gerlach who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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