Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Alderson, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Alderson who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance should know 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 some detoxification centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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