Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Manchester, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for individuals in Manchester who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone starting on methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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