Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs - Whitewater, MT.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Whitewater who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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