Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Buffalo, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Buffalo who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals 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 symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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