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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Vermillion who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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