Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Pond Creek, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Pond Creek who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was caused by their addiction since the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients seeing that detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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