Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Amorita, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Amorita who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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 prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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