Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Cold Spring, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Cold Spring who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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