Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Flensburg, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Flensburg who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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