Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Mansfield, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Mansfield who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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