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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Randolph who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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