Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Ophir, OR.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Ophir who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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