Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Big Cabin, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Big Cabin who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically challenging, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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