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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Inola who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer wrapped up in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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