Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - St. Onge, SD.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in St. Onge who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because 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 neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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