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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Pray who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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