Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Albert Lea, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Albert Lea who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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