Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Moodys, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Moodys who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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