Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Alva, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Alva who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. 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 effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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