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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Eakly who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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