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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Rocky who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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