Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Hydro, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Hydro who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. 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 other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may 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 detox is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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