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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Fairburn who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior 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 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 enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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