Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Leflore, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for individuals in Leflore who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially challenging, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is known to be far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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