Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Ringwood, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Ringwood who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for decades now, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer wrapped up in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better option than a heroin addiction. However, someone starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detoxification centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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