Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Pinesdale, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Pinesdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered 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 accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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