Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Antelope, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Antelope who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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