Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Jennings, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Jennings who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance need to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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