Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Blanchard, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Blanchard who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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