Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Helena, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Helena who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must 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 choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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