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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Asher who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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