Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Dumont, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Dumont who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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