Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Lewiston, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Lewiston who are dependent on 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 engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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