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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Lolo who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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