Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Henryetta, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Henryetta who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on 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 receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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