Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Brookston, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Brookston who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates 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 have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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