Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Ludlow, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ludlow who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that clients are no longer involved in the drug seeking behavior that was caused 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 which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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