Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Lake Mc Donald, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Lake Mc Donald who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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