Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Mount Vernon, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Mount Vernon who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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