Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Oregon, IL.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Oregon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved 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. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural 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.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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