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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Dillon who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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