Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Billings, MO.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Billings who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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 substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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