Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Jones, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Jones who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was driven by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be very challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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