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

Methadone maintenance is a type of treatment for people in Sharon who are dependent and addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall notion is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was driven by their addiction because the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

Patients involved in methadone maintenance have to take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This might be financially and logistically burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is known to be way more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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