Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Meno, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Meno who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug using activities that was caused 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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