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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Copan who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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