Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Canyon Creek, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Canyon Creek who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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