Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Elko, SC.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Elko who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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