Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Ralston, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Ralston who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer involved in the drug abusing behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance should realize that methadone detox is considered far more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be so difficult and relapse rates are considerably high.

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