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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Homeworth who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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