Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Clearbrook, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Clearbrook who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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