Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Coffee Creek, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Coffee Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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