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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Chinook who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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