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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Essex who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like 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.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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