Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Rapid City, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Rapid City who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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