Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Pocasset, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Pocasset who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer involved in the drug using activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone that they are being administered satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically difficult, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance need to be aware of the fact that methadone detox is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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