Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Timber Lake, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Timber Lake who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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