Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Albion, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Albion who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy should know that methadone detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs 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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