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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Cache who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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