Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Minneapolis, KS.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Minneapolis 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 general concept is that people 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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