Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Darwin, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Darwin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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