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Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Owen who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Clients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.
