Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Rock Creek, OH.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Rock Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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