Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Wells, NV.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Wells who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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