Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - St. Paul, IN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in St. Paul who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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