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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Fairview who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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