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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Grove who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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