Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Daisy, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Daisy who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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