Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Harlowton, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Harlowton who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved 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. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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