Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Dacoma, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Dacoma who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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