Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Morris, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Morris who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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