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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Beaver who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute 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 may be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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