Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Nashwauk, MN.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Nashwauk who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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