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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Minneota who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to 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 replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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