Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Nardin, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Nardin who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detox can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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