Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Rapelje, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Rapelje who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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