Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Celina, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Celina who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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