Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Mount Sterling, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Mount Sterling who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satisfies 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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