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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Teigen who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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