Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Castlewood, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Castlewood who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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