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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Caney who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates 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.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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