Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Drummond, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Drummond who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered 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 successful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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