Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Putnam, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Putnam who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general concept is that people are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons 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.

People involved in methadone maintenance therapy have to take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically challenging, but some feel it is a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is known to be far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that will not take methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are very high.

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