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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Oregonia 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 seeking behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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