Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Paden, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Paden who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved 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. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons 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.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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