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Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Ochelata, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for people in Ochelata who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy ought to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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