Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Lindon, UT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Lindon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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