Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Derby, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Derby who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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