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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Divide who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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