Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Ponca City, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ponca City who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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