Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Oakland, NE.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Oakland who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to 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 receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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