Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Seminole, OK.

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for clients in Seminole who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This method of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the overall concept is that people are no longer involved in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients enrolled in methadone maintenance have to dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance ought to know that methadone detoxification is considered far more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detoxification can be very challenging and relapse rates are considerably high.

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