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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Ripley who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that individuals are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was brought on by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox facilities that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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