Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Hamilton, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Hamilton who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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