Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - St. Martins, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in St. Martins who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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