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

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Meers who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same 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.

Clients 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 challenging, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detox can be very challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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