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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Ronan who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

For All Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers In Ronan, Click Here.