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

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Kingston who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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