Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Fanshawe, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Fanshawe who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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