Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Smithwick, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Smithwick who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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