Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Fort Benton, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fort Benton who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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