Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Hillsdale, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Hillsdale who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since 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 powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that will not take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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