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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Muskogee who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven 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 which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, those beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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