Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Cascade, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Cascade who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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