Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Atoka, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Atoka who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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