Methadone Maintenance - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Rose, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Rose who are addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug abusing activities that was caused by their addiction because the methadone that they are being administered satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Individuals involved in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to realize that methadone detoxification is considered way more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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