Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Westby, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Westby who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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