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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Lennox who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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