Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Grand Marais, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Grand Marais who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to 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 effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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